Proof Reading Exercise
1. Copy the text of the turgid below into a Microsoft Word document.
2. Correct the spelling errors and the punctuation. There is heaps to correct.
3. Especially watch out for run on sentences and the incorrect spelling used. eg. “know” instead of “no”.
As I turned the car Towards the mountains I said “i dont no what too do.” and he just looked out he’s window and then he spoke “Well work it out when the time comes.” After a had pulled the car over 2 the side of the road he got out and said “Just keep driving, just bee careful, don’t trust anyone” I no that he thout that this was good advice, it didn’t make me feel any better, i drove on.
While I was driving he was making more calls and he was telling the others where I was. barry would be especially interested I knew that. I figured that he would do this, I drove faster, I drove way to fast, way over the limit.
As I approached the city I had this feeling that i had arrived to late. I could sea the flames coming from the house and I could hear the distant syrens and I knew that this was not good news. because of the smoke i couldn’t see peoples faces but I searched for him all the same, he must be in there someone.
“barry,” i called out and he turned and he smiled and I new everything would be okay then the house exploded.